Auditor Mock Interview

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Question 5 of 25

Have you ever had difficulty with a supervisor?

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Samantha Hamilton is a finance project manager with recruitment expertise. Her client list includes Robert Half's Finance and Accounting department.

"I had a teacher who didn't like jocks. I was on the football team, the soccer team, and the track and field team, so I was covered in jock. He'd hold tests on days when we had games or meets and refused to let us make up the tests until we went to the principal. The principal helped us because we had no power in that situation, but the teacher's attitude didn't change until one day I saw him outside of school. He came to where I worked at a local pizza place and gave me attitude. I calmly told him that I held no ill will toward him because it was obvious he had an issue with jocks in his life. I asked him if he wanted to get to know me as a person to see that I was a good kid who just liked playing sports. I never bullied anyone and had always treated others with respect and dignity because I was raised right. He changed his attitude after that and started to reach out more to the students."

Samantha Hamilton

Samantha Hamilton is a finance project manager with recruitment expertise. Her client list includes Robert Half's Finance and Accounting department.

"Yes, I had a manager who made everyone's life hard. We used to look in the parking lot for their car to know if it was going to be a good day or a bad day. I worked with well with them and was actually one of their favorite employees because I did my job and conformed to their standards to ensure I avoided conflict."

Samantha Hamilton

Samantha Hamilton is a finance project manager with recruitment expertise. Her client list includes Robert Half's Finance and Accounting department.

Audits are stressful. There's no way around that. If you've ever worked on an audit, there was likely a time when you and everyone around you felt pressured by the deadline and outlining the data to be easily understood. Supervisors are people too, and they feel the pressure from above them, so if a supervisor is difficult, it may help to put yourself in their shoes.

Think of a supervisor you've had or a teacher who was difficult to deal with. How did you handle it? Was it an appropriate way to handle the situation? You never want to give an example of that's going to make you look bad. Hopefully, you've risen above a situation where someone has been difficult.

Samantha Hamilton

Samantha Hamilton is a finance project manager with recruitment expertise. Her client list includes Robert Half's Finance and Accounting department.

"I had a Manager who was rude to everyone. She would lay down what she thought was right and if you disagreed with her, you became the enemy and your schedule reflected it. I once suggested an improvement to scheduling to her and the general manager. While they considered it, my schedule went from day shifts to night shifts and double shifts for the next two weeks. I showed up to every shift with a smile and worked my butt off. My general manager noticed and assigned me as the restaurant's schedule maker. I still worked double shifts when necessary, but I tried to be as fair as possible."

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25Auditor Interview Questions & Answers

1.Why do you want a career as an auditor?

Auditor Mock Interview

Have you ever had difficulty with a supervisor?

25Auditor Interview Questions & Answers

1.Why do you want a career as an auditor?

2.Describe a difficult auditing project and how you overcame it.

3.If you were an external auditor, what's the first thing you'd ask for when entering an audit?

4.Describe a time when you had to work with a large team auditing team and how you handled it.

5.Have you ever had difficulty with a supervisor?

6.By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations, and environments.

7.If you're working for multiple clients at one time, how do you monitor the amount of hours you spend on one compared to the other?

8.Have you ever been overloaded with work, i.e., multiple auditing contracts or clients at once, or just a large amount of auditing work all at once?

9.If you find a process that's time consuming and frustrating, what would you do?

10.What platforms have you audited in the past?

11.Everyone has to bend or break rules sometimes. Give me an example when you had to that in auditing or accounting.

12.Have you ever faced a documentation overload during an audit? How did you handle it?

13.Have you ever had a documentation error occur during the auditing process? How did you handle it?

14.What do you enjoy most about being an auditor?

15.Have you ever been offered a bribe? How did you react?

16.Do you enjoy traveling?

17.How many times have you run an auditing team?

18.Tell me about a time when you sought guidance, from another coworker who was the same level as you?

19.If you were given documentation that didn't make sense mathematically, what would your next steps be?

20.Are you okay working longer hours certain times of the year or if a job had a deadline?

21.If you could change anything about being an auditor, what would it be?

22.Have you ever been burned out during an audit? How did you regain your focus?

23.Give me an example of a time you pushed back when asked for additional documentation and why.

24.Have you ever discovered fraud in an audit?

25.As a CPA, have you ever signed off on an audit and if so, what does that mean to you?